Diversity in Body, But Not in Mind

For John, BLUF:  This is about a college professor being fired for asking questions about the received orthodoxy, which makes one wonder about the future of Western Civilization.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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‘Apparently, I am the wrong kind of black’: California equity director fired for viewpoint diversity

Here is the sub-headline:

Dr. Tabia Lee alleges that she was fired from De Anza College’s Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multiracial Education because she does not subscribe to anti-racist “orthodoxy.”

"Absolute compliance with the new authoritarian order is veritably guaranteed and opportunities for diverse viewpoints to be expressed are crushed and silenced at every turn.”

From Campus Reform, by Reporter Gabrielle M. Etzel, 13 March 2023, 4:29 pm.

Here is the lede plus two:

Dr. Tabia Lee, faculty director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education at De Anza College, alleges that she is being terminated for not adhering to anti-racist “orthodoxy.”

Lee, a Black woman who grew up in central California, was fired last week from her position as a tenure track Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education at the community college in Cupertino, California, according to Inside Higher Ed.

Among the alleged reasons for Lee’s termination include her objection to the school’s indigenous land acknowledgment statement, successful hosting of a “Jewish Inclusion” event, her reasoned objection to “Latinx” and “Filipinx,” and her questioning of the ideological implications of capitalizing “Black” and lowercasing “White” in the school’s official Educational Master Plan.

Thw Woke♠ agenda is one that seems to lack self-reflection.  If we don't periodically re-examine our assumptions and our goals how do we know we have not taken a wrong turn, slipped off the path we should be on?.

Ms Lee seems to be a reflective woman, as befits a college level educator.  For this she is questioned (OK) and censored (perhaps not as OK) and fired (definitely not OK)  In a world seeking improvement this isn't on Ms Lee, buzt on De Anza College.

Some days I wish i had a business, so I could offer employment to people like Ms Lee.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  My Middle Brother is uncomfortable with me ussing the word "Woke" to describe this approach.  Would he prefer "Progressive"?